The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-03-10

wet appropriation was also one OF his best
efforts
Mr. John g. Shaw, of Cumberland
spoke in favor Of Bureau of Labor
Statistics and with his older colleague, Mr.
Sutton, was earnest in champlonlng all
proper measures to advance the interests
of the working men. We hear that he
will read law and enter upon the practice.
Mai. H. F. Schenck, Of Cleveland coun-
ty. was busy much of his time trying faud
he succeede,D to prevent any change IN
the prohibition law of Shelby; also IN get
ting laws better to carry out prohibition -
and he succeeded again. We regard
him as one of the safest and best men In
the entire BODY.
Senator Williams, OF Davidson, was 50
young and good looking that after his wife
,eturned home, the ladies in the gallery
thought he was unmarried and cast many
g.auceS at him. Friday night he told an
auecdote about Adam and the boy who
had gone to the Spring which brought
down the Senate and made the galleries
smile audlbly.
Senator Williams, of Pitt, doesn't run"
on style" and he came to the Senate with
of the sess on some of the Senators took
his old hat and burned it and bought him
IA fine beaver in It's place. With this new
shiny beaver hat, the champion of the
farmers looked more like Il I. :. Senator
than horny handed son of toll.
senator Bryan, of Duplin, stood for the
Agricultural College and Department and
criticized DR.. Grissom vigorously for at
tempting. as he sad, to lutlmldate him.
here is no want of backb ne IN him. Mr..
J. ID. Switzerland III the House was true
and faithful, and although not a speaker.
has a h, ad full of SENSE and served his
people We'll
Mr.. T. W. Harrington, Representative
from IIarnet, WAS chiefly known As a
poet and the CHRONICLE has contained
three poems from ms pen Of merit. His
record was, 70 quote his own llne>, modelled
after this advice:
seek not the poor app!au-,. OF men,
he ii hie hollow heated
Your duty done, W II flourish when
Ties OF life are parted
Columbus is a good county full Of good
men 1t sent two of them to the L-si>'a-
ture. Senator Hess Williamson big
as to size and big As 10 heart WAS
made trustee of the University. " hen
ever | don't hear the question vote a~
Hess" Williamson says. We heard Il Sen
ator remark In the House Mr.. Mearts
stood for old Columbus and quiet
and watchful.
{. c. Lyon Esq. of Bladen, made an
earnest speech Friday III favor of the Tt
election Of Or Matt Moore, of Duplin, to
Il place on the Board OF A-riculturc He
would have succeeded IN securing Dr.
Moores election but for the fact that il
had been etided to give the Republicans
part manage OF the department aud
they had settled on Maj. il. l.. Grant, OF
Gpldsboro.
Those who watched Mr. Manning OF
Martin. during the entire session, marked
no vote that was not given i'll the interest
OF the people whom he represented MIR
Pierce Hampton, of old Currltuck, WAS
against al propositions to tax the people
heavily. Mr., Gatling, of Gates. elected
as an independent, acted throughout with
the Democrats. as did Col. Jim Long, the
witty member from Cabarrus,
The editor of the CHRONICLE would
specially mention the Representatives from
Sampson, Me>ors K. K. Bell and ". +
Stevens, i'll the House as the most dyed in
/ he Wool Democrats eXtant. They wouldn
even vote for Il Republican on the -Agricui-
tural Department. although the House had
decided 10 elect two Republicans, The
Democracy is of the NO Com
promise" order and Messrs. Bell and Ste
veno represented them Faithfully.
The good old Moravian town Salem
furnished one Of the best and most useful
aud laborious members of the House in be
person of Mr.. Henry f. Fries. Besides
working on all lines, he especially gave
his attention to the Agricultural Depart
ment and the Agricultural College. He was
elected a Trustee Of the College and is
worthy to fill that or any other position
where brains and work are needed.
Randolph could not have been better
ID, +. Mclver Esq. of Moore,
WAS its Senator; honest and tried DR.
John NJ Worth and ThOs. J. Redding
were its members of the House, Dr.
Worth's name is a synonym for what is
right. and though untried until ris session
Mr. Reddlny developed into one of the
most watchfnl, sat" aud prudent members
The CHRONICLE banks" on Randolph all
the time
From TIE 36th District in the Senate
there We're DR.. John Tull, of Burke, and
Coz. Isaac II. Bailey, of Mitchell. We
found both of them exceedingly pleasant
gcntlemen, attending to their duties and
faithful to their trusts. Col. Bally fought
against reducing The rate of interest to
per cent DR.. Tull WAS earnest in advoc-
ac. of liberal support TO the ASylums, be
sides taking an interest IN general ltylS-
latlOn.
Mr. f. c. Blount, of Pitt, was conspicu-
Gus for devotion to the interests Of his
He could not tell as many
Jokes rs his clever colleague "Uucle
Mark Cherry, but he was as faithful and
as attentive. Both these gentlemen worked
increasingly to secure consicts tor Pitt
county Mr. Blouiit said that he hated TO
admit it but that Pitt county furnished so
many convicts that it had a right to some
of their labor.
NJ. 4. Gray Esq, of Lenoir county, rep
resented the county that has made more
progress i'll education in the last ten years
than any county in the East He gauges
the pulse of the people and believes that
representative ought to represent the peO
pie. He was a leading spiri in obtaining
the cOnvicts to construct canals and turn
pixies in the East For this work, if he had